Meningitis resident survival guide
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Niloofarsadaat Eshaghhosseiny, MD[2]
Overview
This section provides a short and straight to the point overview of the disease or symptom. The first sentence of the overview must contain the name of the disease.
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions that may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
Common Causes
Bacterial:
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Neisseria meningitis
- Hemophilus influenza
- Group B streptococcus
- Listeria monocytogenes
Viral:
Fungal:
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Aspergillus sp.
- Blastomyces dermatitidis
- Coccidioides immitis
- Candida spp.
- Histoplasma capsulatum
- Sporothrix schencki
Diagnosis
| suspicion for bacterial meningitis | |||||||||||||||||||
| yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Immuncompromised,new onset seizure,History of CNS dis,altered consciousness,papilledema,focal neuorologic deficit,delay in performance of diagnostic of LP | |||||||||||||||||||
| Yes | No | ||||||||||||||||||
Treatment
Do's
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